Following on from my original post in 2017 and a follow up I made in 2019, I am making this post to show the changes my to my home network. Some parts have not changed. such as; The rack, a 9U with dimensions of 600x600mm. I am still running pfSense on a Qotom Q150P-S08 Mini […]
I have recently been researching VLANs for my home network. These will be used to split up my network devices into their own logical network, such as IP Cams, IoT devices and Guest WiFi. My current PoE switch was unmanaged, I had to replace this with a managed version. I already had a HP ProCurve […]
I have a bunch of TP-Link EAP model WiFi access points in my home, these are enterprise grade devices allow management via a unified controller, TP-Link call their controller software Omada. This is very similar to Ubiquiti’s Unifi controller. Whilst I don’t have any other Unifi equipment, I found the TP-Link access points to be […]
When building WordPress themes, there is often a need to use a featured thumbnail, or image value from ACF; as either a background image or as a <img> tag. This snippet below is something I use frequently, hopefully this will be as benefit for you too. <?php //Custom image sizes – Add these to your […]
I’ve recently purchased a few cheap DHT22 temperature sensors from Amazon. They work great and use Python to display the data from the sensors. I found I required a way to log the data, so I though why not make this a project!? I have created a simple Web Interface to view logged data: https://github.com/ryanfitton/rpi-temperature-monitor-logging-interface. […]
I’ve been using a few Raspberry Pi Zeros for a while, and whilst they’re great, small, cheap boards they have always lacked a dedicated Ethernet port. I could always attach a USB to Ethernet dongle, which I have done in the past but then it adds more bulk and cost – so I may as […]
The post displays hows to use WordPress Ajax functions to display a field’s value; and automatically refresh the field every 5 seconds. This example also includes examples of how to send an Ajax post to update the field. In this example, each click oft the ‘submit’ button will increase the numerical value stored in the […]
I have published this blog post to help anyone having issues installing Home Assistant (and Docker) in an LXC container running on Ubuntu. When I was installing Home Assistant on my own hardware, I could not find any straight-forward guides detailing how to do this, and Home Assistant’s own documentation does not help with installing […]
If you’re editing a website but only have theme access, and no access to the database, you can temporarily add the code below into your theme ‘front-page.php’ or other theme file to update either: The existing first user’s email address Add a new Administrator user Remember to remove this code when your have finished your […]
Over the past 10 years, I have been able to use free and open source software to benefit my personal and work life, by using Linux I have gained an understanding of what it really is, and how it can be used to make a perfect server or desktop OS. 2010 Starting in 2010 I […]